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Jayson Rieger bought $126k of VRCA

CEO and President at Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.. 25,000 shares at an average of $5.03, traded Aug 14, 2026, filed Aug 18, 2026.

Conviction score
62
Value
$126k
25,000 shares
Holdings after
207,593
+14% from before
From 52-week low
+52%
low $3.28, close $4.97
From 52-week high
-45%
high $9.10, as of Aug 14, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $126k at market
    +11
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 14%
    +3
  • Price context
    45% below the 52-week high
    +8
  • Cluster
    4 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (1 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

VRCAOct 12, 2026 · close 4.01
Since filing Aug 18, 2026: -14.3%SPY +1.6% · excess -16.0%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0002043558-26-000005, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 14, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+20,000$5.06$101k202,593Aug 18, 2026
Aug 17, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+5,000$4.91$25k207,593Aug 18, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
51Moderate
VRCAbuy 4
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
John J. Kirby
Interim CFO
$25k
5,000 shares
+26%
53Moderate
VRCAbuy 4
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Noah L. Rosenberg
CMO
$31k
6,230 shares
+264%
54Moderate
VRCAbuy 4
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
David Zawitz
Chief Operating Officer
$30k
6,000 shares
+29%
55Moderate
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
John J. Kirby
Interim CFO
$15k
3,536 shares
+65%
73Notable
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Paul B Manning
director, owner
$18M
4,126,142 shares
+160%
74Notable
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Jayson Rieger
CEO and President
$400k
94,311 shares
+107%
46Moderate
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Noah L. Rosenberg
CMO
$10,000
2,357 shares
-
59Moderate
VRCAbuy 5
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
David Zawitz
Chief Operating Officer
$42k
10,000 shares
+91%
15Weak
VRCAsell
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Christopher G. Hayes
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
$2,805
4,315 shares
-2%
41Moderate
VRCAbuy
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Perceptive Advisors LLC
owner
$2.3M
321,616 shares
+5%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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